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    Quail SOS

    Hello, This is my first time hatching out a lot of quail. I had one that fell into its water. The dish the water is in is a very low dish so they don’t drown. But one fell into it and got wet. It was placed in an incubator to warm up again and it seemed to be doing fine until I saw its...
    • Maka
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    • baby quail injured chick #1 chick help help quail quail help save baby quail sos
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    Why aren't my quail laying and crowing?

    So, we have 4 ten week old quail in a cage and 4 five week old quail in a different cage. Only one of the ten week old quail is crowing and none are laying and I'm kind of confused because they've had light on consistently for 2 weeks now. Also, the crowing one is obsessively watching the...
    • Eloise Marie
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    • quail quail advice quail crowing quail not laying
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    Sexing Quail Chicks

    Hey all! Was wondering if I could I have some help sexing my chicks, they are around 6wk old now! (No 1 has a crooked neck but fighting fit otherwise) thank you in advance 😊
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    Quail and chickens

    I am planing on turning a 8x8 ft shed into a coop for my 8 chickens. We had talked about getting quail could I turn a 3x7 foot and about two feet high part of the coop into a quail cage or would it be to close due to diseases?
    • AJohnston94
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    • chicken quail quail and chickens together
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    Broward, FL - 4 Coturnix Quail for sale w/ feed, feeders, and waterers

    I have four quail who are about 18 months old. They are housed in a hutch I built for them from wood and hardware cloth inside in an outdoor enclosure within the house. I'm looking to sell them with their 3 feeders, two waterers, and several weeks worth of feed. I'm looking for $40, but will...
  6. Coturnix Quail Embryo Development Chart Day 0-12, 17 (Graphic Warning: embryo pictures)

    Coturnix Quail Embryo Development Chart Day 0-12, 17 (Graphic Warning: embryo pictures)

    Normal embryonic development in coturnix quail eggs Days 0-12 and Day 17. Days 1-2 are quitters. Day 17 may not be to scale, but all other pictures should be relative to one another.
    • Susan Skylark
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    Urgent! Lethargic quail chick swollen eyes, heavy head. Deteriorating!

    I have a 3 day old quail chick that had a tough hatch. 1st night it was very lethargic and shaky, swollen eyes and gagging, raspy (clicking?) and shaking head constantly. I fed quail egg yolk and manuka honey water from drops on my knuckle and the chick improved massively within 15m...
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    Courtnix Quail 4week Old Central Indiana

    Have some extra young quail to rehome. Jumbos, Jumbo Browns and Pearl Fees. $10 for females and 5$ for males. Local pickup in central Indiana only.
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    Are these coturnix quail male or female? They're losing feathers!

    Hi, We have 4 six-week old coturnix quail that I was pretty sure were male, but yesterday when my brother and I went out to check on them two of them were missing their head feathers and another one looked like it may have lost a few, but not too many. If you all could just give me your opinion...
    • Eloise Marie
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    • cotunix quail male or female quail quail quail feathers
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  10. Understand quail

    Understand quail

    Understanding Quail: The Small but Mighty Game Bird Quail are small, plump birds that belong to the pheasant family, Phasianidae. Known for their distinctive round bodies, short tails, and strong flight muscles, they are widely admired for their speed and agility. These birds, native to...
  11. My winter quail pen

    My winter quail pen

    Hello, this is my winter quail pen and as you can see, there is light shining down that is my artificial light and that will make the quail continuously lay eggs. I also have a heat lamp so they’re warm and they’re comfortable and as you can see in the picture above they all love it. They’re all...
  12. Preston Bowslaugh

    Owning game birds LAWS

    In Ontario, Canada, laws regulating the ownership of game birds are primarily governed by both provincial and federal regulations that aim to protect wildlife and promote sustainable hunting practices. Individuals who wish to own game birds, such as pheasants, quail, or partridges, typically...
  13. Quail hatching day 16

    Quail hatching day 16

    Hello it’s day 17 and one of my quail hatched this could be because all of the temperatures are good as I said in my previous article a dry hatch a dry hatch is a great thing to do in my opinion definitely consider it explained more in other articles so if you have one quail that hatched expect...
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    New Quail Keeper. Help me feather sex my first hatch.

    Hatched my first set of eggs and still trying to learn how to feather sex. All these birds were photographed at 3 weeks. What sex do you think each bird is? (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
  15. Mo_fawaazzz

    Coturnix egg dilemma

    I put 10+ coturnix eggs into my incubator. Each egg has a story. Two are from my friend´s quail. The rest are from a Harris Teeter near me. I opened two of the store bought eggs - one had the bullsye while the other one didn´t. Some of the store bought eggs have an yellowish orange hue when...
  16. Grind Hard Farm's Backyard !!

    Grind Hard Farm's Backyard !!

    I see everyone else has done this soooo, here I am. We have a big flock of golden comets, black sex links, rhode island red, etc., and they are friendly birds. We currently have 21 hens and 8-9 roosters (we're trying to fix that problem of too many roosters) Golden Comet - Louise, Lousie's...
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    Aggressive quail hen

    I had my first 7 quails in enclose for a few months now and a few days ago I noticed one suddenly became a bully. Pecking at others and chasing them (all are female) quite aggressively, not a regular peck. I separated it for some time on the other side of the enclosure to calm down, thought the...
    • Darzoveja
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    • aggresion dominance quail
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  18. AQuailNamedFrancis

    Adult Quail Sudden Feet Curling

    Hello BYC, I noticed this morning one of my 5 week old quail was struggling to walk out of no where. When she hatched she had no issues and seemed like a normal chick. Earlier this morning it was really bad and all of her toes were completely curled - it looks a little better now a few hours...
  19. GodLovesU

    Power outage during incubation

    So my button quail eggs only have 6 days left and of course the power has gone off.I put a towel over the incubator,don’t plan to open it,and it’s only been out for 15 minutes.Is there anything I should do?I have a heat lamp I can use to keep them warm if it really comes down to it.This severe...
    • GodLovesU
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    • incubation power outage quail
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    What is best to cover over a quail hoop coop?

    Hello y'all! We're building a hoop coop for our quail. I want to make sure they are protected as possible from the elements. We're in North Texas and in the summer it can get over 100 and in the winter as low as the teens (occasionally single digits). The hot days last way longer than the cold...
    • carolms4
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    • aviary design coop covering hoop coop quail
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